Forward this to the anyone who might be interested. If you have access to
mailing lists of tech groups, open source communities, bloggers,
photographers etc in Bangalore, kindly forward this to them.
Regards
Tinu Cherian
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Dear Sir,
Greetings from Team Wikipedia in India.
We write to you on the behalf of Wikimedia / Wikipedian community in
India.*Wikipedia
*, the very popular online encyclopaedia being written by volunteers all
over the world,* is celebrating its tenth anniversary on January 15, 2011*.
We request your support and participation for the Wikipedia's Tenth
anniversary event in Bangalore.
*Wikipedia*
Wikipedia, the free encylopaedia that anyone can edit, is among the *top 5
websites* in the world with over *410 million unique visitors* across over *270
languages*. India with its diversity of languages and being the second
largest country in terms of population is now a key focus area for Wikimedia
- the foundation that runs the wikipedia project. In just 10 years,
wikipedia has become a phenomenon and a ready reckoner for knowledge in the
world, not just in English, but in over 270 different languages spoken by
human kind. There are already 20 Indic language Wikipedias and another 20
are in incubation.
You can know more about the Indian contribution to Wikipedia on first
Wikimedia India community newsletter :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Wikimedia_India_Communit…
*10th anniversary*
January 15, 2011 will mark a decade of Wikipedia. Founded
by Jimmy Wales in 2001, Wikipedia has become the fifth most popular website
in the world with 410 million monthly readers (comScore, November 2010).
Just three years after its founding, Wikipedia reached 500,000 articles in
50 languages. Now, at 17 million articles in 270 languages and growing,
Wikipedia is the only top-ten website in the world that is truly
user-generated, supported and maintained. Over the last ten years , hundreds
of thousands of people have contributed more than one billion edits to this
vital resource. Wikipedia celebrates its tenth anniversary globally on the
15th of January 2011. Wikimedia will celebrate this milestone with
volunteers, donors, and other supporters on six continents. From the launch
of a new outreach project in Kenya to a film screening in Tel Aviv, there
are currently 110+ events planned worldwide <http://ten.wikipedia.org/>. Our
celebration events are open to participation by anyone who wants to join in
reflecting on our collective accomplishments and goals for the future.
*India celebrations and Bangalore event*
Wikipedians and well wishers in India are celebrating the tenth anniversary
in a big way, with celebrations being planned 20+
cities<http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:India_and_Bangladesh>
across
India. Bangalore is one of the active hubs for Wikipedians in India and we
regularly meetup <http://goog_868580557>at least once per month in
Bangalore. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MBL>
As part of the celebrations, we are organising a day-long meetup in
Bangalore on Saturday the 15th of Jan, 2011. We expect it to be attended by
about 250 Wikipedia enthusiasts along with Wikimedia Foundation officials
and guest speakers. We intend to connect Wikipedians with the general public
and other focus groups in the city. There would be sessions to introduce
Wikimedia projects to the public with a view to spur both consumption and
creation of knowledge on various Wikimedia projects. There would also be
updates from various Wikimedia projects as well as joint project planning
sessions with various city focus groups. We expect active Wikipedians,
academia and any one interested in Wikipedia to participate in the event. In
addition, we believe there will be much interest from the Free and Open
Source communities and other professionals.
*Venue : *
*National Institute of Advanced Studies,
Indian Institute of Science campus,
Bangalore,
Karnataka, 560012. *
*Google Maps:*
http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=National+Inst…
The 9 AM - 4:30 PM event is primarily targeted for regular Wikipedians &
Wiki enthusiasts and 5:00 PM event is for the general public. *The whole day
event is open to ALL* !
*http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore *
*Some pointers : *
* http://ten.wikipedia.org
* *http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore *
* http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Ten
* http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Ten/Bangalore
*2010 It has been quite a year for Wikipedia and Wikimedia in
India<http://wikimedia.in/>
. *
It was a year that saw at least 31 Wikipedia community meetups in 9
cities<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/India>.
Indian cities Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata & Mumbai has their
first meetups (first documented meetups!). It was a year that saw good
participation from Indian
wikipedians<http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Attendees> at
Wikimania (Gdansk) and the chapters meeting at
Berlin<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chapters_meeting_2010/Participants>.
It was a year that saw the first ever India community news
letter<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_India_Community_Newsletter_2010…>
and
an offline CD <http://thottingal.in/blog/2010/04/17/mlwikioncd/>. It was a
year that saw the first Indian join the Board of
Trustees<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Bishakha_Datta_to_join_W…>
and
an Indian wikipedian getting elected as
Steward.<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards/elections_2010/votes/Jyothis>
*It was a year that saw the Wikimedia Foundation announce their focus of
India<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/d/db/Wikimedia_Five-Year_T…>
as
a geography to grow Wikipedia.* It was a year that saw the Foundation
approve an India chapter
formally<http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Approval_of_Wikimedia_India>
, MOA getting finalized<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_India/MoA-ChapComVer>
and
the launch of the Wikimedia.in website <http://wikimedia.in/> This year also
saw many visits from the foundation - Jimmy
Wales<http://onlygizmos.com/wikipedia-meetup-mumbai-with-jimmy-wales-interview/20…>
, Erik Möller<http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/dec/131210-Erik-Moller-Wikipedia-Pune.htm>
, Danese Cooper, Alolita
Sharma<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bangalore_Wikimeetup23_1617.jpg>,
and Barry Newstead<http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/25/stories/2010092551100200.htm>
visited
many cities in India.
*
*
It was also a year of many project
milestones<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_News>
: (source News on Meta).
- Gujarati Wikipedia<http://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%83%…>
reached
15,000 articles (June 7)
- Marathi Wikipedia<http://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%…>
has
reached 30,000 articles (Jul 2)
- Urdu Wikipedia<http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%DB%81_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84>
crossed
15,000 articles (Oct 31)
- Malayalam wikipedia<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%…>
cross
15,000 articles (Nov 9)
- Malayalam Wiktionary<http://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95…>
has
reached 60,000 entries (Aug 4).
- Tamil Wikipedia<http://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D_…>
crossed
25,000 articles
- Tamil Wiktionary<http://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D…>
entered
the top-ten with 1,90,000+ entries.
We sincerely request your support for this milestone event. We would be
happy to provide any further clarifications you might need and the
following people may be contacted.
Srikanth L + 91- 9945098560
Gautam John : +91- 9886042017
Tinu Cherian +91- 9886678124
Arun Ramarathnam +91- 9845147383
Hari Prasad Nadig : +91- 9945270698
Thank you.
Kind regards,
Tinu Cheian
Wikimedia volunteer.
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OneIndia.in : Wikipedia Anniversary commons photo walk Bangalore
http://thatskannada.oneindia.in/news/2011/01/09/wikipedia-anniversary-commo…
Short Summary : "Bangalore is one of the active hubs for Wikipedians in
India. As a run-up to 10th Anniversary of Wikipedia on 15th Jan in Bangalore
many activities are organised. Bangalore loves Wikipedia (Wikipedia Commons
Walk) was organised today(Jan.9). It is a series of photo walks to capture
various monuments of Bangalore and thereby contributing photos to the
Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia."
Kudos to Nadig & team for leading this first ever ( documented ;) )
"Bangalore loves Wikipedia (Wikipedia Commons Walk)"
Regards
Tinu Cherian
hi,
We're delighted in welcoming you all to the tenth anniversary celebrations
of Wikipedia at Kannur,Kerala. The details have now been updated here:
http://ten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur and Malayalam Wiki
page<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%…>
Venue:Kannur District Library Council Hall, Kannur
Date: January 15, 2011
Time: 10 AM to 5 PM (IST)
Inauguration Dr: B. Ekbal <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Ekbal>, Former
Vice chancellor, Kerala University Main Speech Dr: Mahesh Mangalat ,
Professor, MahathmaGandhi Government College, Mahe, Details
1. Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebration and Malayalam Wikipedia 8th
anniversary celebration
2. Discussion about Free Knowledge and Wikipedia
3. An Introduction to Wikipedia and Malayalam Wikipedia
4. Click "Edit" on Wikipedia
5. Event for Students
Hope to see you there!
With Regards,
Anoop
Dear WikiPedians,
It was great pleasure for me to know that WikiPedia is celebrating its 10th
Birthday Anniversary across the Globe.
I came to know that It is also celebrating same in Bangalore, India also.
I am very much interested in this event. I am ready to volunteer also if you
give me chance for it.
I am working here in Sony India Software Centre, Bangalore.
I also want to attend this great event on 15th January 2011 at IISC campus.
Please send me details if possible. I have some of my friends in IISC campus
also.
Thank in Advance,
With Regards,
Girish Gupta
Sony India Software Centre,
Bangalore,
Mo. no. (+91)9916788554
Dear all:
We have just heard from the organisers of the World Sanskrit Book Fair in
Bangalore a few hours back, that they are willing to offer us a free stall
for wikipedia. As you may be aware we have a wikipedia in Sanskrit and this
presents a good opportunity to spread awareness amongs folks interested in
Sanskrit and the general public.
There are 10,000 delegates from India and many countries around the world.
Around 60,000 people (general public) are expected to attend the event. It
is being inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka tomorrow.
*Event brochure*
http://www.samskritbookfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/bookfair-brochur…
*Opportunity for us*
Make use of the free stall graciously provided by the organisers and spread
the work about wikipedia In Indian languages and more specifically in
Sanskrit.
*Call for wikipedia volunteers for stall*
If we get enough volunteers for the WIkipedia we can participate in the
event. *Please volunteer.*
Wikipedia stall details:
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:World_Sanskrit_Book_fair#Stall_details
Interested volunteers please register here.
http://wikimedia.in/wiki/Projects:World_Sanskrit_Book_fair#Volunteers_neede…
*
*
*Expectations from volunteers*
- Familiarity with Wikipedia
- Passion to spread the word about the wikipedia
regards
Arun
Hi all,
As you might be knowing by now that there is a 1000 USD grant request I had
put is pending with the foundation. We are also reaching out to sponsors to
support the event. However in the short run we dont have any money and we
might start spending soon for the event. I propose we come up with a draft
budget and pool in some money from the group and spend, which can be later
reimbursed when we have funds. Help is required in drafting the budget,
getting the initial chunk of money. I guess we would start spending early
next week for banners,food (primary spends).
I request all of you to help in this regard. Thank you.
Regards
Srikanth.L
http://srik.me
